Re: mac install question

On Jul 23, 2008, at 2:19 PM, epicwinter(at)hotmail(dot)com wrote:

> > Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:12:45 -0400
> > From: doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org
> > To: epicwinter(at)hotmail(dot)com
> > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] mac install question
> > CC: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:58 PM, epicwinter(at)hotmail(dot)com
> > <epicwinter(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Please excuse my lack of mac knowledge. I installed postgresql
> 8.3 using the mac os x 1 click installer onto my brand new
> powerbook. The install appeared to go very smooth. If I go to
> Postgresql under Applications it appears as if I can start and stop
> postgres and open pgadmin. I even created a test database under
> pgadmin with no errors. So everything appears cool but...
> > >
> > > I can't seem to run any of the postgresql commands from a shell.
> If I open a terminal and try to run psql or createdb or any of the
> commands I get this error:
> > >
> > > /Library/PostgreSQL/8.3/bin/createdb test
> > > dyld: Library not loaded: /Users/buildfarm/pginstaller/server/
> staging/osx/lib/libpq.5.dylib
> >
> > That would seem to indicate that the installer doesn't set things up
> > properly for command-line access. You should talk to whoever created
> > it, since it isn't (to my knowledge) part of the official Postgres
> > distribution.
> >
> > -Doug
>
>
> Well I got it from a link on postgresql.org. Of course it does say
> that it is a beta installer.
> http://www.postgresql.org/download/macosx

The package is improperly linked so the command-line tools are useless
on any machine other than the buildfarm setup. Dave Page (CC'd) is
apparently the maintainer.

Cheers,
M